deliver

deliver

A vtr

1 (take to address) livrer [goods, milk, groceries] (to à) ; (to several houses) distribuer [newspaper, mail] ; (to an individual) apporter [newspaper, mail] (to à) ; remettre [note, written message] ; transmettre [oral message] ; ‘delivered to your door’ ‘livraison à domicile’ ;

2 Med [doctor, midwife] mettre au monde [baby] ; [vet] délivrer [baby animal] ; to be delivered [baby] être né ; she was delivered of a son† elle a accouché d'un garçon ;

3 (utter) faire, prononcer [speech, lecture, sermon] ; faire [reprimand, rebuke] ; donner [ultimatum, decision] ; rendre [verdict, ruling] ; réciter [line, speech in play] ; lancer [verbal attack, joke] ;

4 (hand over) céder [property, money, goods] (over to, up to à) ; livrer [town, ship] (over to, up to à) ; to deliver sth/sb into sb's care confier qch/qn à qn ;

5 (give, strike) asséner [blow, punch] ; donner [knife thrust] ; tirer [bullets, round] ; fournir [voltage] (to à) ; to deliver the final blow to sth fig porter le coup fatal à qch ;

6 (rescue) délivrer [person] (from de) ; ‘deliver us from evil’ ‘délivrez-nous du mal’.

B vi

1 [tradesman, company] livrer ; the postman doesn't deliver on Sundays le facteur ne distribue pas le courrier le dimanche ;

2 ○ tenir ses engagements (on quant à) ; ultimately, the film doesn't deliver au bout du compte, le film déçoit.

C v refl to deliver oneself of sout émettre [opinion].

Idioms

stand and deliver! la bourse ou la vie! ; to deliver the goods ○ tenir ses engagements.

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.